Use for rodi waste water

jthompson0555 · 10/26/2016, 02:09 PM

Hello all. As i have just been cycling my tank and commencing my first water changes ive been left to wander. What are some possible uses for the rodi waste water? One idea I've come across is during initial start up of rodi is to bypass the di stage as the first few minutes of use the membrane allows an elevated tds and during this start up to collect the water for drinking purposes. To this end i will likely order the stunning water bladder tank kit for sale at melevesreef. This still leaves the waste water. As we have ended the swimming season i must grain and clean my above ground pool in entirety. Would anyone see an issue with during the fall and winter months collecting and filling the pool with the rodis waste line. This would save the water simply going down the drain as well as reduce time and cost of refilling come spring. My assumption is that this would lead to elevated contaminates in the pool water and seeing as most of those contaminates are chlorine and chloramines that the pool needs i see no true drawback to using this as a means to filing the pool. Any thoughts?

ericarenee · 10/26/2016, 02:51 PM

i have a 55 gallon drum that collects the waste water but has a over flow into a floor drain in my basement. the drum is raised about the level of our washing machine.Older top load type..
before i start a load of laundry i will fill the washer with the waste water . We also use it to water house plants and the Garden in the summer... We have quite a large system so we cant save it all but every little bit helps.. I seen where someone also run a pressure tank and pump and ran it to dishwasher and kitchen/ bathroom

Greybeard · 10/26/2016, 02:59 PM

I use RO waste water to keep my pool filled during the summer, and top off my hot tub during the winter. The 'stuff' you're removing with an RO filter doesn't have any effect on chemically treated pool water.

Oh, an RO filter doesn't, or shouldn't, remove Chlorine/Chloramine... the carbon block does that prior to it ever reaching the RO membrane. If it didn't, your RO membrane wouldn't last long.

I have a 5g pressure tank after the RO unit, and before the DI cartridge. I use this for drinking water and to feed the ice maker. Keeps me from buying bottled water with the less than ideal water that comes from our well.

this is me · 10/26/2016, 03:03 PM

When we had those older top loader washer, I usually fill it up and use it to wash clothes.
Nowadays, even a top loader washer is so advance that you cant just fill it up with your own water. It has all these sensors and stages of cycles.
I just drain it out to the lawn now.

Ron Reefman · 10/27/2016, 05:11 AM

I have 4 tanks and an RO/DI that makes 45gph at 150psi. I collect reject water (it's only waste water if you waste it rather than use it) in a 200g cistern and use it to do laundry. My wife doesn't mind the equipment in the garage because I do the laundry so I can use the reject water.

scooter31707 · 10/27/2016, 08:31 AM

Use it for the washing machine.

Capt_Dan · 10/29/2016, 05:02 PM

Yep, I use my waste water for pool.

lngliv3 · 11/03/2016, 07:47 PM

My waste water goes to the washing matching and outside to a watering pipe for my garden and to my wife's flower beds

10/26/2016, 02:09 PM	#1
jthompson0555 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Posts: 11	Use for rodi waste water Hello all. As i have just been cycling my tank and commencing my first water changes ive been left to wander. What are some possible uses for the rodi waste water? One idea I've come across is during initial start up of rodi is to bypass the di stage as the first few minutes of use the membrane allows an elevated tds and during this start up to collect the water for drinking purposes. To this end i will likely order the stunning water bladder tank kit for sale at melevesreef. This still leaves the waste water. As we have ended the swimming season i must grain and clean my above ground pool in entirety. Would anyone see an issue with during the fall and winter months collecting and filling the pool with the rodis waste line. This would save the water simply going down the drain as well as reduce time and cost of refilling come spring. My assumption is that this would lead to elevated contaminates in the pool water and seeing as most of those contaminates are chlorine and chloramines that the pool needs i see no true drawback to using this as a means to filing the pool. Any thoughts?

10/26/2016, 02:51 PM	#2
ericarenee Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Louisville Kentucky Posts: 3,110	i have a 55 gallon drum that collects the waste water but has a over flow into a floor drain in my basement. the drum is raised about the level of our washing machine.Older top load type.. before i start a load of laundry i will fill the washer with the waste water . We also use it to water house plants and the Garden in the summer... We have quite a large system so we cant save it all but every little bit helps.. I seen where someone also run a pressure tank and pump and ran it to dishwasher and kitchen/ bathroom __________________ 240+G Mixed BB Reef tank.. 350 G Marine Pond. And the expensive stuff that runs it. Chic's are for Chic's You silly men Go Fishing or something... Current Tank Info: 240= gal Reef /550 Gallon Saltwater pond 72 G Bay front Tropical aquarium

10/26/2016, 03:03 PM	#4
this is me Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: MA Posts: 4,074	When we had those older top loader washer, I usually fill it up and use it to wash clothes. Nowadays, even a top loader washer is so advance that you cant just fill it up with your own water. It has all these sensors and stages of cycles. I just drain it out to the lawn now. __________________ Nick When a man talks dirty to a woman, it's sexual harassment. When a woman talks dirty to a man, it's $4.95 per minute. Current Tank Info: Miracle 360 gallons

10/27/2016, 05:11 AM	#5
Ron Reefman Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Cape Coral, FL Posts: 10,431	I have 4 tanks and an RO/DI that makes 45gph at 150psi. I collect reject water (it's only waste water if you waste it rather than use it) in a 200g cistern and use it to do laundry. My wife doesn't mind the equipment in the garage because I do the laundry so I can use the reject water. __________________ The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. (Neil deGrasse Tyson) Visit my build thread http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2593017

10/26/2016, 02:59 PM	#3
Greybeard Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Buffalo, MO Posts: 651	I use RO waste water to keep my pool filled during the summer, and top off my hot tub during the winter. The 'stuff' you're removing with an RO filter doesn't have any effect on chemically treated pool water. Oh, an RO filter doesn't, or shouldn't, remove Chlorine/Chloramine... the carbon block does that prior to it ever reaching the RO membrane. If it didn't, your RO membrane wouldn't last long. I have a 5g pressure tank after the RO unit, and before the DI cartridge. I use this for drinking water and to feed the ice maker. Keeps me from buying bottled water with the less than ideal water that comes from our well.

10/27/2016, 08:31 AM	#6
scooter31707 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Virginia Posts: 4,971	Use it for the washing machine.

10/29/2016, 05:02 PM	#7
Capt_Dan Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 63	Yep, I use my waste water for pool.

11/03/2016, 07:47 PM	#8
lngliv3 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Toledo ohio Posts: 19	My waste water goes to the washing matching and outside to a watering pipe for my garden and to my wife's flower beds